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m <br />Page 2 <br />PROPOSED FEE INCREASES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION <br />REPORT TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />AUGUST 18, 1992 <br />BACKGROUND <br />In 1988 -89 the County contracted David M. Griffith and Associates <br />(DMG), a nationwide consulting firm specializing in cost accounting <br />and revenue enhancement studies, to conduct a detailed cost /revenue <br />study of County services. The objectives of this study were to <br />calculate the full cost of providing specific services, compare <br />these costs with the revenues received for these services, and <br />recommend fee levels to recover- the full costs of services when <br />such a fee level was practical. <br />The DMG study focused on five departments; Planning, Environmental <br />Health, Land Records, Emergency Services, and Recreation and Parks. <br />The project did not address those fees established by State General <br />Statute, or fees charged through enterprise funds. <br />The Board of County Commissioners received the DMG report in March, <br />1989, and adopted many of the recommendations made by DMG. This <br />report presents recommendations to update Environmental Health <br />fees as established in 1989 by the BOCC. Updates for the Planning <br />and Inspection Fees as well as fees and recommended policy for use <br />of County owned facilities will be presented to the Board in a <br />report next month. Fees in the area of Emergency Management <br />Services, including fire safety inspections will also be presented <br />to the Board at a later date. <br />This report does not include the fees for the Maintenance and <br />Monitoring program for septic systems. Annual inspections of <br />septic systems will be a new function for the County, with the <br />exception of the mobile home park inspections which are currently <br />being done. <br />f d� l �i � : [•] �Z•1 �•I�il <br />The recommendations included in this report are based on the 1989 <br />DMG study. The recommendations as shown in Table 2 on page 4 of <br />this report, were derived by indexing the current fee level, as <br />established in 1989, to the rate of overall expenditure increases <br />in the area of Environmental Health. The unit of inspections or <br />units of service were also reviewed to determine if any major <br />